Crossmaglen Rangers Club Notes 28/10/19
Good Luck
Good luck and best wishes to our senior team and management on Saturday evening when they play Clontibret in the first round of the Ulster club championship.
Good luck also to Rían O’Neill at the All Star Awards on Friday night where he is nominated for a 2019 GAA-GPA PwC All Star and is also one of three footballers shortlisted for the Young Footballer Of The Year. The gala event will be screened live by RTÉ TV.
Thanks
The entire club send our sincere gratitude and thanks to our main sponsor, Hanratty Oils for their generous sponsorship and continued support. This being their first year as main sponsors and their motto really has come to the fore;
“Fuelling Success”
Thank you Eugene and the Hanratty family.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Joe Kernan who on Friday night was inducted into the Gaelic Writers Association (GWA) Hall Of Fame.
Pic Below; Joe pictured with his Gaelic Writers Award after being inducted to the GWA Hall Of Fame.
Pic Below; Joe with Liam Griffin, Wexford who was inducted into hurling hall of fame.
Sponsor A Ball
Donal Murtagh, Ashfield Golf Course will sponsor the ball for our Ulster 1st round match against Clontibret.
Many thanks to Donal for your sponsorship and ongoing support.
Pic Below; Donal presents the ball to Tony
Huge thanks to the following people who sponsored a ball for our senior Armagh club championship campaign.
Barney Quinn & Cullington Properties
Eugene Duffy Construction
Alan Hearty, New York
The McKenna Family, Crievekieran
Paddy Deery
Margaret McConville
Sponsoring a ball is an ideal way of supporting our senior team and the club.
Armagh U21 SFC Division 1
Killeavy V Cross
On Sunday our U21s travelled to killeavy for their opening match in the Armagh U21 Championship.
We were quick off the blocks, five points registered without reply and early on in the game we had a strong lead.
Killeavy got their opening score in the twelfth minute which was quickly followed by their first goal of the contest to leave it a one point game at the midway point of the first half. Killeavy scored three points one after the other to put them in front for the first time with ten to go until the break.
We finished the half strong, five points scored in the final minutes to leave the score at the break;
Killeavy 1-04 Cross 0-10.
Seconds after Ollie Hearty had thrown the ball in to get the second half underway, killeavy had scored their second goal to leave it evens stevens once again.
This was to be short lived, killeavy were very much in control and this was to be the pattern of the second half, scoring a further a 3- 5 to 0-7 to run out winners on a score line of;
On Sunday our U21s travelled to killeavy for their opening match in the Armagh U21 Championship.
We were quick off the blocks, five points registered without reply and early on in the game we had a strong lead.
Killeavy got their opening score in the twelfth minute which was quickly followed by their first goal of the contest to leave it a one point game at the midway point of the first half. Killeavy scored three points one after the other to put them in front for the first time with ten to go until the break.
We finished the half strong, five points scored in the final minutes to leave the score at the break;
Killeavy 1-04 Cross 0-10.
Seconds after Ollie Hearty had thrown the ball in to get the second half underway, killeavy had scored their second goal to leave it evens stevens once again.
This was to be short lived, killeavy were very much in control and this was to be the pattern of the second half, scoring a further a 3- 5 to 0-7 to run out winners on a score line of;
Killeavy 5-09 Cross 0-17
Hard luck lads and management.
Next up is Mullaghabwn at home next Sunday.
Joint Camogs & LGFA Christmas Order Night:
This year Camogs and Ladies football have teamed up with local company ‘Playr-Fit’ to produce a fantastic range of items for purchase, with the option to have the Camogie, Ladies and/or Crossmaglen Rangers crest on the items.
The full range of items available, as well as prices will be published in the next day or two, but in the meantime we wanted you to ‘Save the Date’ – TUESDAY 5thNOVEMBERin the RANGERS HALL from 7- 9pm.
There will be a range of sizes in all items available for fitting, with orders placed on the night to be paid in full. Please note that this will be the only order placed prior to Christmas, so make sure you don’t miss out.
Crossmaglen Rangers Spinathon
We are all looking forward to our club Spinathon which takes place on Saturday 9th November, in the Rangers Hall.
The club Spinathon will start at 8am and finish at 7pm and is open to everyone in the club, community and beyond.
It promises to be a super fun day, so come along and get on a bike for only £10 for a one hour spin session.
For those with kids, a kiddies corner will be available while you spin.
Light refreshments will be served throughout the day, so if spinning is not for you, please feel free to drop into to the hall, support our spinners and have a cup of
tea.
If you would like to sponsor a bike, the cost is £30. Please contact Paul Duffy (07970444980) or Maria O’Donnell (07763374030) for further details.
Irish Classes
Irish classes are back on Tuesday 5th November, 6.30-7.30Pm in St Patricks primary school. These are for improvers but if there is a demand for a beginners class, we will organise it. Please contact Johanne if interested.
Shine A Light Night Crossmaglen
Good luck to all volunteers who are a part of this year’s ‘Shine A Light’ charity event, and will camp overnight outside Egg Coffee Shop on the 1st November.
The event is run by Focus Ireland, in aid of the homeless all around Ireland.
I believe an added bonus of camping outside Egg is all those having a sleepover will have a few treats from Egg on the house!
If you would like to volunteer please contact, Patrick @Egg.
Patrick would welcome all donations, even if you can’t do the overnight camp itself anything you can contribute is hugely appreciated.
Shoe Box Appeal
I will collect shoe boxes on Saturday 9th November @11am (same day as the spinathon).
For a full list of what to include in the boxes, please see the link on our Facebook page. Please remember not to seal the boxes and to include €4 for post and packaging.
Noel Luckie
It was fantastic to see Noel Luckie at the Armagh Senior football championship final. Noel told me it was five years since he was last a t a final. Good health and happiness for the future Noel.
St Oliver Plunkett Youth Club
Hanratty’s bar on Friday night @9pm. £5 to enter and raffle on the night.
Lotto
A reminder to everyone who may have family away from home, you can play our lotto online by clicking on the following link;
Draw; 27/10/19
Numbers Drawn; 12 18 27 29
No Jackpot winner
No match 3 numbers;
No match 3 numbers;
Jackpot; £3000/€4000
Next Draw; 03/11/19
Condolences
Mrs Noreen Connolly
The entire Crossmaglen Rangers Club send our deepest sympathy to Breda, Micheal, Gerard, Michelle and the entire Connolly/Aherne families on the sad passing of their Mother, Noreen.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Mr Joseph McKinley, Dundalk
Crossmaglen GFC send our deepest condolences to Eileen & Micheal McArdle, North St and the extended McKinley family on the recent passing of Eileen’s Father, Joseph.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Posted: October 27th, 2019 under Club News.
